Burns, Patrick

BURNS, Patrick, broadcaster (b 6 Apr 1921, Montreal; d 8 June 1996, Vancouver). He broke into BROADCASTING with the BBC in London, England, in 1949, then moved to VANCOUVER, where he worked in radio and served as a N VANCOUVER alderman. In 1962 he pioneered the talk radio format with his Hotline program on station CJOR, where his ratings soared. He was notorious for phoning up prominent personalities and putting them on air without warning. His manner was loud and brash; his voice, said one...

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